How to Spell dictatorship

dictatorship

dictatorship - noun

  • The office of dictator
  • Autocratic rule, control, or leadership
  • A form of government in which absolute power is concentrated in a dictator or a small clique
  • A government organization or group in which absolute power is so concentrated
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"people suffering under his dictatorship"

dictatorship - thesaurus

Synonyms: absolutism, autarchy, authoritarianism, autocracy, Caesarism, czarism, despotism, totalism

Etymology

dictator + -ship, as translation of Latin dictātūra

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